Tank.



E. A. HORNBOSTEL. TANK. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1911. RENEWED JUNE 30, 1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

EDVJARD A. HOBNBOSTEL, 0F DES MOINES, IOW'A.

TANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1%,1214.

Application filed August 9, 1911, Serial No. 643,120%. Renewed June 30, 1913. Serial No. 776,706.

To (AH to]: 0m it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD A. HORN- BOSTEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Tank, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of stoves which burn kerosene or other oil, combined with water for fuel.

The object of my invention is to provide a burner of this class in which the tanks are readily and easily filled with kerosene and water, and are of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

More particularly it is my object to provide a tank for use with such a stove which is pivoted to swing from upright to horizontal position, for filling. A pivotal connection on one side, at least, of the tank is in the discharge pipe.

A further object is to provide such a tank which is provided with one opening which is sealed by the contents of the tank when the latter is in its upright position.

A further object is to provide a water tank so constructed and arranged that the flow of water therefrom to the burner is automatically regulated.

My invention consists in certain details, in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a top or plan view of a stove equipped with tanks embodying my invention. Fig. 2 shows a top or plan View of one of the pivoted tanks, half of the tank and the discharge pipe being shown in section, and Fig. 3 shows a central, vertical, sectional. view of one of the tanks, the dotted lines showing the tank in position for filling.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate a stove of ordinary construction designed to use kerosene and water for fuel. 11 indicates the burner, and 12 and 18 the water tank and kerosene tank respectively installed on said stove. The tanks areof practically the same construction and I will therefore describe the tank 12 to show the construction of the tanks and the way in which the same are operated. A bracket 14 is secured to the stove in any suitable way, as by means of the clamp 14 and the weight of the tanks rests upon said bracket. A turn buckle 16 is provided on the tank, which turn buckle in one position of its movement rests beneath a portion of the bracket 14 and holds the tank against tipping. Near its lower end, each tank is provided with an opening 16. Around the opening 16 is formed a casing 17 which extends above the opening 16 and is provided with an opening 18 above the level of the opening 16. It will thus be seen that when the tank is full of kerosene or water, the contents will flow out through the opening 16 into the casing 17 until the casing 17 is filled to a point above the level of the opening 16. The opening 1G will then be sealed by the liquid in the casing 17 and the pressure of the at mosphere will prevent further discharge of the contents of the tank 15, until the level of the liquid in the casing 17 is lowered to permit air to flow into the tank through the opening 16. A discharge pipe 19 communicates with the interior of the casing 17 through the opening 20. p

The tanks are pivoted to swing from upright to horizontal position, by the following means: On each side of the tank near the lower end thereof is a plate 21. Secured to the plate 21 on one side of the tank is a laterally extending tube 22, with which the discharge pipe 19 communicates. On the other side of the tank and secured to the plate 21 on that side, there is a laterally eX- tending tube 28 which may be closed at its outer end or may be constructed like the tube 22. In the latter case, the tube 23 is connected with the casing 17 by a tube 23 similar to the pipe 19. The tubes 22 and 23 are rotatably mounted in bearings 24 on the brackets 14. The tube 22 communicates with a tube 25 which leads to the burner 11. At the point where the tubes 22 and 25 are connected, the tube 22 is mounted in the tube 25 to permit the rotation of the former. Suitable packing material 26 is provided at this point. It will thus be seen that the tanks are pivotally mounted in the bearings 24. When one of said tanks is empty, and it is desired to fill the same, the tank is tilted to the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the tank is filled by means of a funnelor other suitable means through the openings 18 and 16 The tank 12 which is designed to contain water is so located that the upper edge of the opening 16 from the tank 12 into the casing 17 is on the same level with the parts of the burner 11 which receive the water from the pipe 25. On this account, the flow of water from the tank 12 is automatically regulated. When the burner is full, the Water in the casing 17 seals the opening 16 and the How through that opening is stopped. As the water in the burner is used, the level of the water in the casing 1'? is lowered and water flows out through the opening '16, in this way manual regulation of the flow from the water tank is made unnecessary. The tank l3 may be located at any desired height and the llow of kerosene therefrom regulated by means of a valve 15.

The water tank which is here indicated by the reference numeral 12 may be connected with. the water mains through the tube 23 and the inflow of the water controlled by means of the valve 27 shown in Fig. 1. The water tank may thus be fill d by tilting, by closing the opening 18 with a cork, or the like.

in practical operation the water tank is filled through the tube 23 or through the opening 16 after the tank is tilted to the proper position. The tank is then raised to its upright position and the contents will {low out through the opening 16 into the casing 17 until they are above the level of the opening 16 when that opening will be sealed. The kerosene tank is filled in the same way. lVhen the kerosene and water are discharged into the burner 11, the level of the liquid in the casing 17 is lowered, and bubbles of air pass through the opening 16 into the tank.

lily improved device has the advantage of the pivoted tanks which are easily and readily filled and which have but one opening and cainiot leak through detective valves inasmuch as the only opening from said tanks is sealed by the contents thereof.

hly device is composed of few and simple parts which may be readily attached to, or detached from a stove, and which are easily taken apart for purposes of repair.

l claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a support with a tank, a bracket on said support iorming bearings on either side of said tank, a tube on one side of said tank rotatably mounted in one of said bearings to permit the tilting of said tank, a second tube secured to the other side of said tank and. rotatably mounted in the other of said bearings to permit the tilting of the tank, a discharge opening near the bottom oi said tank, a casing on the outside of said tank around said discharge opening, said casing having an opening at a point above the level of the top of said discharge opening when the tank is in its upright position, a third tube communicating with the lower part of said casing and with said first tube, a fourth tube rotatably mounted on the outer end of said first tube and communicab ing therewith, and means for forming a li uid tight joint where said first and fourti tubes are connected.

2. in a device of the class described, the combination of a support with a tank having an opening near its lower end, a casing around said opening, extending above the upper level 01 the opening in the tank, a jointed discharge tube leading from the lower portion of said casing, a bracket on said support forming bearings on either side oi said tank, a tube secured to one side of said tank and rotatably mounted in one of said bearings to permit the tilting of said tank, one portion of the discharge tube be ing rotatably mounted in the other oi said hearings to permit the tilting of the tank, a third tube rotatably connected with the dis charge tube, and means for forming an oil tight joint at the point where said third tube and said discharge tube are thus connected.

In a device o1 the class described, the combination of a support, with a tank having an opening near the lower end thereof,

a casing around said opening, extending above the upper level of said opening and having an opening in its upper side, a jointed discharge tube leading from the lower porlini of said casing, brackets on said support, forming hearings on either side of said tank, a portion of said discharge tube l being mounted in one of said bearings to i permit the tilting of said tank, the other portion of said dischar e tube being rotatably connected with the first portion, a second jointed tube extending from the lower portion of said casing, portion of said sec- 0nd tube being mounted in said second bearing to permit the tilting of said tank, the other portion of said second tube being rotatably connected with the first portion thereof, and means for forming liquid tight joints where the parts of said jointed tubes are connected.

Des iiioines, Iowa, July 26, 1911.

EDlVARD A. HORNBOSTEL.

lVitnesses M. VVALLAcn, W. A. Lor'ros.

Gomez; of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the fiommissioner of Eateiite.

Washington, D. C. 

